Black Forest, Allerheiligen, All Saints' Abbey
Along the Schwarzwaldhochstraße.
All Saints' Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery near Oppenau in the Black Forest.
According to the tradition, the foundation date was 1192, and the site of the building, at 620 metres above sea level in the upper valley of the Lierbach near Oppenau, was determined by a donkey which threw off a sack of money at this remote and inaccessible spot. In the same year a wooden chapel was built, which was gradually extended to be a Premonstratensian monastery.
In 1196 the foundation charter was issued by Duchess Uta of Schauenburg. In 1200 Philip of Swabia recognised the foundation, and in 1204 Pope Innocent III confirmed it. The monastery grew rapidly and became one of the major religious, cultural and political centres of the region.
In 1657 it was raised to the status of "abbey" by the general chapter of the Premonstratensian Order. In the 18th century it was at the high point of its power. In November 1802 however Margrave Karl Friedrich of Baden dissolved the abbey in the course of secularisation, and took all its possessions.
Large fires, in 1470 and 1555, had already destroyed parts of the premises. In 1804, a last fire, started when a bolt of lightning struck the church tower, finished the job. In 1816 the ruins were sold for demolition.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Abbey_(Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg)
Black Forest, Allerheiligen, All Saints' Abbey
Along the Schwarzwaldhochstraße.
All Saints' Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery near Oppenau in the Black Forest.
According to the tradition, the foundation date was 1192, and the site of the building, at 620 metres above sea level in the upper valley of the Lierbach near Oppenau, was determined by a donkey which threw off a sack of money at this remote and inaccessible spot. In the same year a wooden chapel was built, which was gradually extended to be a Premonstratensian monastery.
In 1196 the foundation charter was issued by Duchess Uta of Schauenburg. In 1200 Philip of Swabia recognised the foundation, and in 1204 Pope Innocent III confirmed it. The monastery grew rapidly and became one of the major religious, cultural and political centres of the region.
In 1657 it was raised to the status of "abbey" by the general chapter of the Premonstratensian Order. In the 18th century it was at the high point of its power. In November 1802 however Margrave Karl Friedrich of Baden dissolved the abbey in the course of secularisation, and took all its possessions.
Large fires, in 1470 and 1555, had already destroyed parts of the premises. In 1804, a last fire, started when a bolt of lightning struck the church tower, finished the job. In 1816 the ruins were sold for demolition.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Abbey_(Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg)